Grater



Jun@ 10, 1924. 1,497,192

M. T. MORRIS Filed March 2T. 1924 Patented June 10, 1924.

UNITED MAURICE T. MORRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GIR/ATER.

Application filed. March 2'?, 1924. Serial No. 702,357.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that MAURICE T. MORRIS, citizen of the United States, residing at New 'York, in the county of New York and State of New York, has invented certain new y and useful Improvements in Graters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to household ar ticles and'has special reference to a grater such as may be used in grating nutmegs and the like. y

One important object of the invention is to improve the general construction of a device of this character.

A second important object of the invention is to provide an improved grater having a pair of grating surfaces and an article holder so arranged that it may be readily brought into position for use in relation to either of the grating surfaces. The whole being of novel construction.

A third important object of the invention is to provide such a grater with an arrangement whereby the article may be firmly gripped and caused to traverse the entire surface of either of the grating surfaces.

A. fourth important object of the invention is to provide a grater of this kind having its grating surface anticlinally arranged so that the structure is of tent like form and thus may be placed on a plate or other receptacle to catch the powder produced by the grating operation.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specitigrip 18 is swung to the desired side and may 95 cally claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is a perspective view `of the preferred form of grater.

Figure 2 is a detail view of the article holder.

Figure 3 is a section on the plane 3 3 of Figure 1. I

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a modified form partly broken away.

Figure 5 is a cross section of the modification, the article holder being shown in one position in full lines and in a second position in dotted lines.

Figure 6 is an end view of a second modie fcation.

The body ofthe invention consists of a plate 10 of tin orother suitable material and this plate is bent longitudinally to pro 60 vide anticlinally arranged grating surfaces 11 and 12, these surfaces being provided' with the usual sharp punchings 13 forming the abrasive members. The points thus formed on the surface 11 being larger than 65 those on the surface 12. 4In the form shown in Figure 1 the bend takes the shape of an open bottom tube which is split along its top at 15 so that a curved arm 16 may extend through the slit. 70

This arm has a head 17 within the tube. The arm is so vshaped that it may be swung to one side or the other of the grater and which can, by reason of the slit, traverse the device from end to end. Carried by this the body between the grating surfaces by hinge 23. In this form the bend does not take the tube formation. One end of this arm 22 extends at right angles to the hinge and pivotally mounted on this end 24 is an article grip'25, very similar to the grip 18. 90

In the form shown in Figure 6, the grating surfaces are not only arranged anticlinally but are segmento-cylindrical in shape.

In using the form of Figure 1, the article then either be moved longitudinally to and fro on the grating surface or swungarcuately over that surface or may be moved in linear and rectilinear path.

In the form shown in Figure 4 the article 100 grip may be swung to either side and then moved in arcuate path.

Tn the form shown in 6 it is preferred that the article grip be curved to conform to the curvature of the grating surfaces.

WhileY the device has been mentioned as suitable for a nutmeg grater it must not be understood that it is confined to this special purpose since it may vary in size and portion to make it suitable for any type of 110 The grating surfaces 11 and 8 grating or grinding operation. For instance it may be made large enough and heavy enough to grate such materials as horseradish and other uses will readily suggest themselves. It is to be understood that the various parts are to 'be of suitable strength and proportion for which it is desired. L

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of the invention Without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come Within the scope claimed.

Havingthus described the invention, what is claimed as new`v is:

1. n combinationya gratter consisting` of a member having a pair of anticlinally arranged grating surfaces, each forming a plane provided with abrading projections, and an article gripping device swingingly mounted between said surface and movable to traverse said surfaces selectively.

2. In combination, a grater consisting of a member having` a pair of anticlinally arranged grating surfaces and provided with a slot extending longitudinally of the member between said surfaces, an arm rotatably and slidably mounted in said slot, and an article grip carried by said arm.

3. n combination7 a grater consisting of a member having a pair of anticlinally arranged segmento-cylindrical grating surfaces and provided with a slot extending longitudinally of the member between said surfaces, an arm rotatably and slidably mounted in said slot, and an article grip carried by said arm.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MAURICE T. MORRS. 

